HELP!!! WE NEED A BUS!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[Taillights FaDe]

PLEASE HELP!!!

We are looking to travel cross-country for the next few years.

What we need is a bus with a diesel engine, in great mechanical condition with one or both of these options:

1. Has been converted (or at least partially converted) to RV

2. Has been converted to run on WVO.

We will consider a very inexpesive bus that has neither as long as it has a perfect running diesel engine, and is ready for the road.

We would like one at least 28' or longer.

After selling our car...we didn't get as much $$ as we had hoped, therefore please don't offer any buses over $5000.00. We have cash, and need to buy this bus ASAP since we do not have a vehicle at this time. We are in Florida, but are willing to travel anywhere in the country for the right bus.

Please contact us by email at marina@bayair.org.

Love + Peace = Happiness

Virgil & Marina

[lapeer20m]

i think you want a cummings 5.9 liter with an mt643 trans and preferably a good rear end like a 4.44. That'l lget you 10 mpg and is easily converted to wvo.

a tc2000 would be a good bus.

just my opinion.

good luck with your search.

here is my opion on engines......

7.3 liter ford not so good for veggie and gutless.
6.6 liter ford good for veggie bus very wimpy...about 8.5 mpg
dt360 with at545 trans 6.5-8 mpg and good for veggie
dt466 excellent hp machine! Great hill climbign ability.....gets worse fuel economy than the dt360 from what ii've read but good for veggie
DD 8.3? liter v8....good for veggie, good on fuel economy, completely gutless
international 9 liter v8...suppsed to be excellent on fuel....very wimpy, don't know about veggie...

i don't know anything about cats

[Taillights FaDe]

Thank you for the great info...

...has anyone seen any buses for sale that fit these criterias?

[Train-train]

http://www%2EKerlinbus@kerlinbus.com/sales.html

These guys I thought were very good.

[Griff]

This place is highly recommended and is a little closer to home:
http://www.floridachurchbus.com
Greg has a VERY good reputation in the skoolie community.

[patrick young]

I have several good running buses for sale, and I offer a guarantee on each one. I won't sell a vehicle unless it is ready for the road, I want happy folks waving goodby, not angry folks calling me.

I'm in California, so I'm far, but I promise you I can get you a good bus for under 5000, and it will be ready to go without any hidden flaws.

Just give me a call. I'll also help you out with advice if you find something closer.

Patrick Young
retired schoolteacher and
unwitting bus mechanic and salesguy
(559) 251-3814

[Gatorskinz]

I have a 1986 International, Ward Body 72 Passenger, 6.9L Diesel, AT 545 Tranny, and all of the seats are out. Great Running and driving bus, I was running my Screen printing business out of it. 6 good tires, Bus just came off of a 600 mile trip yesterday.
2,200. Bus is located Near Spring Tx.
for More info please email me at info@gatordrag.com
Thanks Brandon

[kharg]

I am alsoin themarket for a bus, preferably a short, mini.
keithleeh@earthlink.net

[fishphart]

yes, I have a skoolie for sale that will meet your needs. NEW diesel engine and mostly completed inside. Just enough is left to complete that you can personalize it and make it "yours". Four fuel tanks , roof rack and many other extras not usually found on skoolies. Recently paint and with new tires. espiritusengineering@yahoo.com for details.

[dgorila1]

Originally Posted by fishphart

yes, I have a skoolie for sale that will meet your needs. NEW diesel engine and mostly completed inside. Just enough is left to complete that you can personalize it and make it "yours". Four fuel tanks , roof rack and many other extras not usually found on skoolies. Recently paint and with new tires. espiritusengineering@yahoo.com for details.

Well quit replying to every single post on here and just post pics of your bus for sale with the specifics, if you really want to sell it.

[fishphart]

I have just what you're looking for. 1987 International with newly remanufactured diesel engine. New tires and custom roof rack. LEGALLY Tinted windows all around. FOUR fuel tanks. This is great if you're making biodiesel and need a place to store it. Great when finding inexpensive diesel at a truck stop and want to fill up all four tanks for a 2000+ mile range before refill. Quite nice inside but not so much that you cant personalize it a bit to make it yours.
T.F. Hudgins Spinner II oil filtering centrifuge to keep the oil squeaky clean...Same as Big Rigs use. NEVER have to change oil again.
many other extras not normally found on skoolies. espiritusengineering@yahoo.com for details.

[wtd]

Just guessing here, but they probably found a bus in the 4 years since this was originally posted ...

[Diesel Dan]

Originally Posted by lapeer20m

here is my opion on engines......

7.3 liter ford not so good for veggie and gutless.
6.6 liter ford good for veggie bus very wimpy...about 8.5 mpg
dt360 with at545 trans 6.5-8 mpg and good for veggie
dt466 excellent hp machine! Great hill climbign ability.....gets worse fuel economy than the dt360 from what ii've read but good for veggie
DD 8.3? liter v8....good for veggie, good on fuel economy, completely gutless
international 9 liter v8...suppsed to be excellent on fuel....very wimpy, don't know about veggie...

i don't know anything about cats

Hi lapeer20m - I know this post is old, but I'm curious about your opinion of the Ford 7.3 being "not so good for veggie". Are you referring to the newer powerstroke 7.3 or the older indirect mechanical injection 7.3? I ask because I have the older style 7.3 in my pickup truck and have been considering WVO conversion.

[frank-id]

All information is opinions. All things are relative. Usually most information has a value equal to the price paid. There is no absolute. All diesel engines are good......... Frank